News: Channel 4 education continues indie gaming agenda

Channel 4 commissioning editor Alice Taylor has said the channel is currently looking for educational content for its 2010 schedule, a significant portion of which will be made up of .

Speaking at this year’s NEoN event in Dundee, Taylor expressed Channel 4′s interest in commissioning indie game companies to create a range of content for it, from Facebook applications to XBL Indie .

Since making the decision to spend its GBP 5 million annual education budget on internet native content rather than traditional television programmes, Channel 4 has made significant inroads in reaching its teen audience.

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